washingtonmonthly.com - 4/14/2009
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TUESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * For all the talk about encouraging economic indicators, retail sales took an unexpected downturn in March. * U.S. and European leaders are prepared to engage Iran without the precondition "Tehran rapidly shut...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 11/19/2008 — TUESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Nice to see a positive day on Wall Street for a change. * Execs from the U.S. auto manufacturers were on the Hill today, with hat in hand. They got an earful...
Obama Needs to be Nuanced in North Korea Response
thewashingtonnote.com 4/6/2009 —
The pin-pricks, as Brent Scowcroft calls them , have started. North Korea is testing Obama's resolve and strategic skills.
North Korea's ballistic missile test masked as a satellite launch violates agreements that the United States, Russia, ...
Whatever it Is I Think I See
obsidianwings.blogs.com 4/6/2009 — by Eric Martin
Over the weekend, in defiance of UN Resolutions and international pressure, North Korea launched another test of its long range missile (Taepodong-2). As with North Korea's prior two efforts to test its long range missile ...
Monday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 3/2/2009 — MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Let's just say it was an unpleasant day on Wall Street. * AIG gets another $30 billion. (If you missed it, Joe Nocera had a terrific piece over the weekend explaining the...
North Korea Nuclear Timeline
americanprogress.org 4/24/2009 — By Rachel Weise | October 9, 2006 It’s important to remember how we got to the point where North Korea was apparently able to test an atomic weapon. Below is a basic timeline of the build-up of North Korea’s nuclear weapons. As the timeline clearly ...
Monday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 4/27/2009 — MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The World Health Organization has issued a phase 4 alert on the swine flu. * There are now a 73 confirmed cases of swine flu worldwide, including 40 in the United States,...
Wind May Have Forced North Korea To Delay Rocket Launch
huffingtonpost.com 4/6/2009 — SEOUL, South Korea — High winds may have forced North Korea to delay its rocket launch, despite the country's insistence Saturday that preparations were complete for the liftoff that many suspect is intended to test the country's long-range ...
That odd North Korea poll
washingtonmonthly.com 4/6/2009 — THAT ODD NORTH KOREA POLL.... Rasmussen published a poll yesterday showing 57% of Americans "favor a military response to eliminate North Korea's missile launching capability." I find that hard to believe. The telephone survey was conducted Friday and ...
Whose Fault, Again?
mahablog.com 4/5/2009 — I see that North Korea launched a rocket over the Pacific. Without bothering to look I’m guessing the Right Blogosphere is (ignorantly) blaming Bill Clinton/Jimmy Carter. Choe Sang-Hun and David Sanger write for the New York Times ,
The motivation for the test appeared as much political ...
Thursday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 2/20/2009 — THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The Dow Jones closed down at its lowest level in six years. * Disaster averted in California. * The FBI tracked down R. Allen Stanford in Virginia today, and "served him with...
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